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{{Short description|Neighbourhood in Haifa, Israel}}
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[[File:Wadi Nisnas P8020004.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Street in Wadi Nisnas]]
[[File:Wadi Nisnas.png|250px|thumb|Map of Wadi Nisnas]]
[[File:Wadi Nisnas.png|250px|thumb|Map of Wadi Nisnas]]
'''Wadi Nisnas''' ({{lang-ar|وادي النسناس}}) is a formerly mixed [[Jewish]] and [[Arab]] neighborhood in the city of [[Haifa]] in northern [[Israel]], which is becoming mixed again.<ref>https://mondoweiss.net/2019/01/gentrification-palestinian-converted/</ref> <ref>[https://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Being-different-in-Haifa-385022 Being different in Haifa]</ref><ref>https://www.israel21c.org/treasure-hunting-in-haifas-wadi-nisnas/</ref> ''Nisnas'' is the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word for [[Egyptian mongoose|mongoose]], an indigenous animal. The ''[[wadi]]'' has a population of about 8,000 inhabitants.<ref>[http://www.gemsinisrael.com/e_article000001115.htm Beit-Hagefen - Arab Jewish Center] Yael Adar - Gems in Israel.</ref>
'''Wadi Nisnas''' ({{lang-ar|وادي النسناس}}; {{lang-he|ואדי ניסנאס}}) is a predominantly [[Palestinians|Arab]] neighborhood in the city of [[Haifa]], [[Israel]], with a population of about 8,000 inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mondoweiss.net/2019/01/gentrification-palestinian-converted/|title = Gentrification in Haifa soars as Palestinian homes are converted into luxury real estate|date = 16 January 2019}}</ref><ref>[https://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/Being-different-in-Haifa-385022 Being different in Haifa]</ref>


==Etymology==


'[[Wadi]]' is the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word for valley, and 'nisnas' means [[mongoose]], with the [[Egyptian mongoose]] being indigenous to the region.{{cn|date=July 2024}}


==History==
He was brought up in the neighborhood and lived in poets, writers and thinkers, including the popular poet Noah Ibrahim, "the student of the Qassam", who was born in the neighborhood in 1913 and grew up in it, and the Palestinian writer Ahmed Dahbour, who was born in 1946, and the writer Hassan Al-Buhairi, the author of the book "Haifa in the Blackness of El-Ayoun", he was raised in The neighborhood writer Emile Habibi, who wrote his articles for the local newspaper Al-Ittihad, when the newspaper was based in the neighborhood.
Wadi Nisnas was developed at the end of the nineteenth century as a [[Arab Christians|Christian-Arab]] neighborhood outside the walls of Haifa.<ref>{{cite book|title=Words and Stones: The Politics of Language and Identity in Israel| first=Daniel |last=Lefkowitz|year= 2004| isbn= 9780198028437| page =49|publisher=Oxford University Press|quote=There are two main Arab neighborhoods in Haifa—Wadi Nisnas, which is largely Christian, and Halisa, which is largely Muslim.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Everyday Life in the Segmented City| first=Lorenzo |last=Tripodi|year= 2011| isbn= 9781780522586| page =73|publisher=Emerald Group Publishing|quote=}}</ref>


===1948 Palestine war===
Among those who lived in the neighborhood as well, although the poet Mahmoud Darwish was not born in it, as were Samih al-Qasim and Sabri Jeris, and the neighborhood was the headquarters of the Communist Party, the Al-Ittihad newspaper, and Emile Touma, a member of the Communist Party.
During the [[1948 Palestine war]], as part of the [[1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight]], the vast majority of Haifa's Arab population fled or were expelled from the city, many during the [[Battle of Haifa (1948) | battle of Haifa]]. The remaining Arab population was relocated to Wadi Nisnas in a process that has been described as "[[ghettoization]]".<ref>Benny Morris (1988). "Haifa’s Arabs: Displacement and Concentration, July 1948". Middle East Journal, 42(2), 241–259. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4327736</ref><ref>[[Ilan Pappé]], [[The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine]] (2006)</ref>{{refn|Finkelstein, Norman. “Myths, Old and New.” Journal of Palestine Studies 21, no. 1 (1991): 66–89. https://doi.org/10.2307/2537366 - "In July, Haifa's remaining inhabitants, some 3,500, were packed into a ghetto in the downtown Wadi Nisnas neighborhood."}}{{refn|Azoulay, Ariella. “Declaring the State of Israel: Declaring a State Of.” Critical Inquiry 37, no. 2 (2011): 265–85. https://doi.org/10.1086/657293 - "[...] the ghetto in Wadi Nisnas that had been established for them after they had been expelled from their homes."}}


===Present day===
Wadi Nisnas is the setting for the 1987 novel, ''Hatsotsrah ba-Vadi'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: "Trumpet in the Wadi") by [[Sami Michael]]. It centers on the love story between a young Israeli Arab woman and a new [[Jewish]] immigrant from [[Russia]].
The current Israeli [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel)|Central Bureau of Statistics]] census estimates that 66% of the Wadi Nisnas population are [[Christians]], 31.5% are [[Muslims]], and the rest are [[Jews]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Everyday Life in the Segmented City| first=Lorenzo |last=Tripodi|year= 2011| isbn= 9781780522586| page =74|publisher=Emerald Group Publishing|quote=}}</ref>


==Cultural references==
==Bibliography==
* [[Sami Michael]], ''Trumpet in the Wadi''. New York:[[Simon & Schuster]], 2003, translated by [[Yael Lotan (writer)|Yael Lotan]]. {{ISBN|978-0-7432-4496-1}}
Wadi Nisnas is the setting for the 1987 novel, ''Hatsotsrah ba-Vadi'' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]: "Trumpet in the Wadi") by [[Sami Michael]]. It centers on the love story between a young Israeli Arab woman and a new [[Jewish]] immigrant from [[Russia]].<ref>[[Sami Michael]], ''Trumpet in the Wadi''. New York:[[Simon & Schuster]], 2003, translated by [[Yael Lotan (writer)|Yael Lotan]]. {{ISBN|978-0-7432-4496-1}}</ref>


==External links==
==See also==
*[[German Colony, Haifa]]
{{Commons category}}
*[[Paris Square (Haifa)]]
* [http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/Middle_East/Israel/Haifa_District/Haifa-1708915/Off_the_Beaten_Path-Haifa-Vadi_Nisnas-BR-1.html Wadi Nisnas] at the Haifa travel guide.
*[[Wadi Salib]]


==References==
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Revision as of 21:14, 1 July 2024

Street in Wadi Nisnas
Map of Wadi Nisnas

Wadi Nisnas (Arabic: وادي النسناس; Hebrew: ואדי ניסנאס) is a predominantly Arab neighborhood in the city of Haifa, Israel, with a population of about 8,000 inhabitants.[1][2]

Etymology

'Wadi' is the Arabic word for valley, and 'nisnas' means mongoose, with the Egyptian mongoose being indigenous to the region.[citation needed]

History

Wadi Nisnas was developed at the end of the nineteenth century as a Christian-Arab neighborhood outside the walls of Haifa.[3][4]

1948 Palestine war

During the 1948 Palestine war, as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight, the vast majority of Haifa's Arab population fled or were expelled from the city, many during the battle of Haifa. The remaining Arab population was relocated to Wadi Nisnas in a process that has been described as "ghettoization".[5][6][7][8]

Present day

The current Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics census estimates that 66% of the Wadi Nisnas population are Christians, 31.5% are Muslims, and the rest are Jews.[9]

Cultural references

Wadi Nisnas is the setting for the 1987 novel, Hatsotsrah ba-Vadi (Hebrew: "Trumpet in the Wadi") by Sami Michael. It centers on the love story between a young Israeli Arab woman and a new Jewish immigrant from Russia.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gentrification in Haifa soars as Palestinian homes are converted into luxury real estate". 16 January 2019.
  2. ^ Being different in Haifa
  3. ^ Lefkowitz, Daniel (2004). Words and Stones: The Politics of Language and Identity in Israel. Oxford University Press. p. 49. ISBN 9780198028437. There are two main Arab neighborhoods in Haifa—Wadi Nisnas, which is largely Christian, and Halisa, which is largely Muslim.
  4. ^ Tripodi, Lorenzo (2011). Everyday Life in the Segmented City. Emerald Group Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 9781780522586.
  5. ^ Benny Morris (1988). "Haifa’s Arabs: Displacement and Concentration, July 1948". Middle East Journal, 42(2), 241–259. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4327736
  6. ^ Ilan Pappé, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006)
  7. ^ Finkelstein, Norman. “Myths, Old and New.” Journal of Palestine Studies 21, no. 1 (1991): 66–89. https://doi.org/10.2307/2537366 - "In July, Haifa's remaining inhabitants, some 3,500, were packed into a ghetto in the downtown Wadi Nisnas neighborhood."
  8. ^ Azoulay, Ariella. “Declaring the State of Israel: Declaring a State Of.” Critical Inquiry 37, no. 2 (2011): 265–85. https://doi.org/10.1086/657293 - "[...] the ghetto in Wadi Nisnas that had been established for them after they had been expelled from their homes."
  9. ^ Tripodi, Lorenzo (2011). Everyday Life in the Segmented City. Emerald Group Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 9781780522586.
  10. ^ Sami Michael, Trumpet in the Wadi. New York:Simon & Schuster, 2003, translated by Yael Lotan. ISBN 978-0-7432-4496-1

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